Peter Gabriel 4

£7.00–£12.99

Released 5 September 1982

Co-produced by Peter and David Lord this is the first album where Peter really immersed himself in the music of distant lands and cultures. It was also his first fully digital recording. These two elements created a deeply effective soldering-together of futurism and generations-old tradition. The single Shock The Monkey became Peter’s first top 30 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.

“Ashcombe was a good period. It was the first time really that I’d had a studio situation of my own and we were building up equipment; we didn’t always have what we needed. And when you did something really good the cows would come and lick the windows. So that was always a sign of real appreciation.”

The fourth solo album, also known as SECURITY, due to the iconic Hipgnosis designed cover is available on either CD or heavyweight LP cut at either 45rpm or 33rpm.

The LP is Half-Speed Remastered and is available as either a 2LP limited edition cut at 45RPM or a standard 1LP version cut at 33RPM. 180g heavyweight vinyl.

In both cases the vinyl was cut by Matt Colton at Alchemy Mastering, mastered by Tony Cousins at Metropolis and overseen by Peter’s main sound engineer Richard Chappell.

The 45RPM 2LP looks amazing with the gatefold sleeve utilising imagery from the original LP inner bag and all images are newly re-scanned from original artwork. Limited edition and numbered – 10,000 worldwide.

The 33RPM 1LP replicates the original vinyl release, again with all newly scanned images.

The vinyl LP albums come with a download card with a choice of digital download (Hi-Res 24/96k or 16/44.1k).

“It has been heart warming to see the return of vinyl. Even though I loved being free of its limitations in the digital world, there is still a warmth and presence to vinyl that somehow makes it a more natural human companion. It is great to see a new generation learning the secrets of the grooves” – Peter Gabriel